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Breaking down Lorde's musical influences

By Dylan Owens, Reverb

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03/22/2014 08:57:31 AM MDT

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03/22/2014 08:57:34 AM MDT

Breaking down Lorde's musical influences

Lorde will perform at Denver's Fillmore Auditorium on March 22, 2014. (Paul Hebert/Invision/AP)Having seemingly sprung out of the clear blue New Zealand sky, fans don't know much about the Lorde beyond her largely autobiographical music.Guided by her debut LP, we took a stab at deconstructing a couple of Lorde's songs to see what we could find out about her musical influences. Since she's so young, we stayed modern, looking primarily at music that came out during her formative years.Lykke LiThere's ...

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